Ground War: Containing a rotating playlist with Domination and Team Deathmatch, but with 12–18 players and a 100-kill limit for TDM. The third map pack, Invasion, was released on the Xbox 360 and Xbox One on June 3, 2014, and on PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and Windows, on July 3, 2014. While the game outputs at 1080p on PlayStation 4, the Xbox One can only manage 720p while maintaining the frame rate.

Cross fell into the Ancestors' control even more, and upon full possession, she began to summon the Ark's guardian, the Kraken, to protect the Cryptid colony and kill Archer and everyone aboard the destroyer. Give your soldier a sniper rifle and he'll behave like a sniper, and an SMG guy will be more run and gun. Despite the official announcement for next-generation systems, the PlayStation 4 version of the game was made available by some retailers ahead of the scheduled release date. They seize control of LOKI and decimate the Federation armed forces by turning their weapons on them. He is joined by his sons Logan and David "Hesh" Walker ( Brandon Routh), [11] along with a trained German Shepherd named Riley, Captain Thomas A.She caused an outbreak at the Nightfall facility, killing all members within it, except herself and Archer. It delivers much of what made its previous incarnations great, yet at the same time adds new efforts that successfully freshen up what should be a relatively long-in-the-tooth formula by now. Due to a "configuration issue" however, the PlayStation 4 version still required a release day patch to reach 1080p. Constructing a counterattack, the Ghosts make significant gains against the Federation by destroying their Atlas oil platform in Antarctica and sinking a destroyer guarding a Federation factory in the port of Rio de Janeiro. The game also utilized Umbra Software's rendering tool, Umbra 3, as a way to speed up the rendering process of large environments by an optimization known as occlusion culling – a method of filtering out hidden objects so they are not rendered.

Players can even bring in guard dog Riley, from the single-player campaign, to protect and also to attack enemies.For the next three months, Cryptids would begin to overrun all military centers of the US, leaving General Castle as the leader of the surviving remnants of the country.

During E3 2013 the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions were promoted, and the Wii U version was confirmed towards the end of the event on June 13. Eurogamer was less critical of the campaign, commenting that "the Ghosts campaign can't help but feel like a step backwards", but that "it's still capable of being devilishly entertaining" and "moment-to-moment thrills are still there, if muted by expectation". The player takes on the role of an elite unnamed soldier, whose appearance is carried from the player's multiplayer character. Activision blamed the fall in demand on uncertainty caused by the upcoming transition to eighth generation consoles. The new contextual lean system now allows players to lean around obstacles without adding button combinations or fully leaving cover.Infinity Ward could quite easily have rested on their laurels, stayed in their comfort zone to release Modern Warfare 4 this year with little negative critical reception. They include interactive elements and player triggered events that make the environment evolve as each match goes on. This latest edition is a solid shooter, with highly tuned mechanics, an addictive multiplayer offering, and a plethora of content to play through – but it very much feels like a familiar game with a few minor adjustments. The Ghosts assault Rorke's base and capture him, but Federation armed forces destroy their plane and rescue him. In the midst of the operation, Cross regained contact with the survivors, reasoning CIF Team One must sacrifice themselves to activate the Medusa, a psionic weapon capable of eradicating all Cryptids within a three-mile radius, and give mankind a chance to overcome extinction.

Players can unlock several pieces of intel, revealing details about the story revolving around Cross and Archer. However, one of the doctors working at Nightfall, Samantha Cross, began to fall under the Ancestors' influence, and slowly became one of their hypnotic spies, capable of telepathic abilities. Meanwhile, in space, the Federation hijacks the Orbital Defense Initiative (ODIN), [9] an orbital superweapon that consists of a network of satellites that utilize kinetic bombardment. As with the previous two maps, intels can be found to discover more information regarding the story.In a post-credits scene, Logan is seen inside a caged pit in the jungle, presumably going through the same torture methods as Rorke.